Nigeria and Shell at War against the Ogoni People
The continual use of military force to attack civilians in the Ogoni area each time their is a protest against Shell calls to question the commitment of the Nigerian government…
2015 and the Political Drama in Akwa Ibom
When former deputy governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Nsima Ekere resigned some weeks ago, a colleague conversant with the situation called to tell me that one of the tyres…
Jonathan And The $31bn
When I wrote an article in 2011, stating that the government of President Goodluck Jonathan was spending two billion naira every day, including weekends, on security without commensurate returns on…
Abia’s PDP-Woodpeckers And Kalu’s Overpowering Influence
If a pregnant woman does not spit, wouldn’t people know that she is pregnant? This was what came to mind a fortnight on reading that the performance-bedridden Abia State Governor…
Who Killed General Shuwa?
This article explores the possibility of another theory and calls for a panel of investigation into his death to be set up by the Federal Government.When the Nigerian Civil War…
Fani-Kayode, Odi and Iyobosa’s Dirty Lies
My attention has been drawn to an article written by Iyobosa Uwugiaren who is a columnist for the Leadership newspaper. The article was titled ”Odi-Who Is Listening To Fani-Kayode” and…
Orji’s Unfounded Incessant Attack On Kalu
The more some of us want peace to be restored in Abia State among all the fraying politicians in the state, the more some uncouth rabble-rousers are throwing stone; some…
Azikiwe and the unifying question
My fondest memory of the Right Honourable Dr. Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe was sometime in the early 1950’s when I was just a mere stripling. As a restless young boy I…
Jonathan, Abati and the Ribadu report
Reuben Abati and Doyin Okupe are amongst the best in their business. And by this, I mean the business of dissembling. That was exactly what Abati did in his latest…
The Story of Yobe State University’s Meteoric Growth
When it was established in 2006 by the Bukar Abba Ibrahim administration, Yobe State University (which was then called Bukar Abba Ibrahim University) was universally derided as a glorified secondary…